A poor prince wants to marry the Emperor's daughter and sends her two beautiful gifts, a nightingale and a rose. The princess rejects the humble gifts because they're real and natural, rather than artificial. The prince then disguises himself and applies for the position of swineherd at the palace. Once on the job, he creates a musical pot. The princess...

First published in 1928, the book tells a story of a young man named Ichtiandr (literally Fish Man in Greek) who as a child received a life-saving transplant - a set of shark gills. The operation was performed by his father, a scientist and a maverick surgeon, in an attempt to save his son's failing lungs. The experiment was a success but it limited the...

A classic fairy tale about two weavers who promise an emperor a new suit of clothes that they say is invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent - while in reality, they make no clothes at all, making everyone believe the clothes are invisible to them. When the emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, no one...

The textbook for the intermediate level learners continues intensive course of Russian. Materials of this textbook include 12 lessons (Family, House, City, Shopping, Education, Traditions, etc.) and designed for approximately 120 hours of study. Audio sup

Korney Chukovsky - our favorite children's writer, storyteller, author of "Aibolit", "Moydodyr" and "Barmaley" - was truly a connoisseur of the Russian language. "Alive as life" - Chukovsky's main book, dedicated to the Russian language, its history and modern life, the laws of its development. Unconcealed and passionate interest of the author to the word...

Russian-English Dictionary of Russian Army Colloquial Words and Word Combinations. Thematic Russian-English Dictionary (Thesaurus) of Russian Military Colloquial Lexicon, English-Russian Dictionary of American Military Slang, Thematic English-Russian Dictionary (Thesaurus) of American Military Slang.

There is no better terrain in which to examine the differences between two cultures than language. Every language has concepts, ideas, words and idioms that are nearly impossible to translate into another language. This new book looks at nearly 100 such Russian words and offers paths to their understanding and translation by way of examples from...

Survival Russian is an intensely practical guide to conversational, colloquial and culture-rich Russian. It uses humor, current events and thematically-driven essays to deepen readers? understanding of Russian language and culture. This enlarged Second Edition of Survival Russian includes over 90 essays and illuminates over 2000 invaluable Russian phrases...

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright....

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New Annotated Russian Reader for Intermediate (B1-B2) Level students that focuses on the verbs of motion. The reader provides ample support for the learner, including marginal glosses, historical-cultural, and grammatical commentaries, as well as a range of exercises on translation, word- formation, vocabulary building, and participles. The story follows the narrator dealing with an old woman who dies inexplicably in his apartment. The Old Woman, a brilliant, obscure and slyly political novella from the 1930s.

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